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Soham Chetan Shah
3×3 · top 8.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015SHAH16
Soham Chetan Shah has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.31, set at Pune Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 963rd in India. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2015, he has put 311 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.17 in June 2015 to 10.31, a 59% improvement. Soham has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.31 | 14.16 | top 8.4% | 963 / 20,146 | |
| Skewb | 4.85 | 12.43 | top 17.1% | 473 / 3,548 | |
| 2×2 | 3.47 | 6.31 | top 19.9% | 1,711 / 12,225 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.54 | 26.92 | top 30.3% | 1,114 / 4,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.60 | 12.87 | top 49.9% | 3,330 / 8,971 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.20 | 1:38.01 | top 59.4% | 2,086 / 4,220 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2017.
- 15 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016.
- 17 Jun 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.11 at SCMU 2016.
- 17 Jun 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.76 at SCMU 2016.
- 17 Jun 2016Six personal bests in one day at SCMU 2016.
- 21 Jun 2015First competition: Pune Fall Open V2.0 2015. A 25.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Twist Fest Pune 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- IISER Pune Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Cube Open 2018 · 9 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SCMU 2017 · 1 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2017 · 12 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Polyhedra Open 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- SCMU 2016 · 17 Jun 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015 · 26 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- SCMU-Pune Fall Open V3.0 2015 · 13 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Pune Fall Open V2.0 2015 · 21 Jun 2015
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Nikhil Soares — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aniket Das — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Chetan Roger Dhanjal — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.